The Icebergs is an 1861 oil painting by the American landscape artist Frederic Edwin Church. It was inspired by his 1859 voyage to the North Atlantic around Newfoundland and Labrador.

"The Icebergs" is Frederic Edwin Church's masterpiece. The seductively inviting colors, glowing subterranean light, and glossy, tactile surfaces of the icebergs attract the viewer's eye.

Oct 14, 2023 · The Icebergs was created in 1861 by Frederic Edwin Church, and is a large oil on canvas landscape painting with the dimensions of 1.64m by 2.85m. The painting is in the …

“The Icebergs” is a distinguished artwork by Frederic Edwin Church, created in 1861 using the medium of oil on canvas. The piece is a significant representation of the Romanticism art …

Jan 28, 2017 · Frederic Edwin Church, The Icebergs, 1861. Image and original data provided by the Dallas Museum of Art. The search for the Northwest passage, an arctic maritime route …

Throughout his long career, Frederic Edwin Church traveled to—and painted scenes of—a range of exotic locales, from equatorial South America to the Arctic. This work shows a schooner …

Dec 18, 2024 · Frederic Edwin Church played a crucial role in shaping American landscape painting. His innovative techniques and focus on natural beauty set a standard for future …

This book tells the fascinating story of The Icebergs and provides a detailed look at the cycle of fame, neglect, and resuscitation of both this masterwork and Church's career.

Church’s well-publicized journey resulted in close to one hundred field and studio sketches but it wasn’t until a year later that this material yielded The Icebergs (1861, Dallas Museum of Art).

Perhaps no image so crystallizes -- if one will pardon the pun -- the mid-nineteenth century's enduring obsession with the Arctic and its explorers as does Frederic Edwin Church's Icebergs.